Being A Hospice Volunteer Influenced Medical Students’ Comfort with Dying and Death: A Pilot Study
| Autor: | Roy Khalaf, Valerie Schulz, Ashley Geerlinks, Lorelei Lingard, William Stecho, Patrick Prendergast |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Ontario
Volunteers Attitude to Death Palliative care Education Medical business.industry education Hospices Pilot Projects General Medicine Focus Groups 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Nursing 030502 gerontology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Humans Learning Medicine Prospective Studies 0305 other medical science business Volunteer Qualitative Research |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Palliative Care. 28:149-156 |
| ISSN: | 2369-5293 0825-8597 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/082585971202800304 |
| Popis: | Being comfortable with death and communicating with patients near the end of life are important attributes in palliative care. We developed a hospice volunteer program to teach these attitudes and skills to preclinical medical students. Using a mixed-methods approach, validated surveys measured participants’ and non-participants fear of death and communication apprehension regarding dying. Journals and focus groups examined participants’ subjective experiences as their patient relationships evolved. Survey scores were significantly lower for participant hospice volunteers, indicating lower levels of death anxiety and communication apprehension regarding dying. An explanatory framework, using journals and focus groups, captured participants’ sense of development over time into three categories: challenges, learning, and growth. This pilot project provides insight into the medical students’ experiential learning as they participate in our hospice volunteer program. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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